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Back in college, my roommate had two cats, Sushi and Bernard. They were a bonded pair in every sense of the word, though not always in the way you'd hope. Sushi was a professional food thief who would swipe bites off our plates the second we turned our heads, and Bernard was capable of opening closed doors by jumping onto the handle at full force. They were a terrifying duo. And the meowing was nonstop. It was like living with two very loud, very fluffy roommates who had zero respect for quiet hours.

But no matter how much of a mess they caused, they were also unbearably cute together. They'd curl up in perfect little yin-yang naps, or flop over each other in ways that made you immediately forgive them for the latest kitchen disaster. That's the beauty of bonded pairs. They might double the mischief, but they also double the love.

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Adopting a pet from a shelter is a truly life-changing experience. It's both exciting and deeply rewarding; not only do you gain a fluffy new companion, but you also give an animal in need a second chance at a happy, loving home. As any seasoned cat parent knows, once a kitty curls up on your lap, purrs against your chest, or follows you from room to room, they stop being "just a pet" and become family. Even the 3 a.m. meows for snacks, the occasional hairball, and the kneading claws digging into your ribs somehow feel worth it when you've got a furry little friend you adore. 

That's exactly what one new pet parent felt after falling head over heels for a six-month-old kitten at her local shelter. The tiny cat had been abandoned and badly injured from a dog bite, but after weeks of recovery, she was finally ready to find her forever home. However, just days later, the adopter got a surprising phone call. On the other end was someone claiming to be the kitten's "real" owner, complete with old photos but no official proof. Now, the new cat mom is left wondering if is she wrong for refusing to give up her newly adopted kitty, or if there is something a bit off about the situation. 

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Set the grocery bags down and, poof, the Household Feline Inspection Team materializes like they were summoned by the sacred crinkle. A tiny nose beeps every barcode, a paw stamps the receipt, and the meowdit begins. Bread is approved for loafing, lettuce is declared suspicious ("too leafy; probably illegal"), and the rotisserie chicken is immediately confiscated by the Tiny Snack Authority for "further investigation." Boxes convert into customs checkpoints, the counter becomes an unauthorized runway, and the inspector enforces TSA: Touch Snacks Aggressively.

Cans are rolled for stress testing, yogurt is allegedly licked, and the treat pouch is interrogated until it confesses and opens itself out of fear. Anything string-shaped is tagged as enrichment. The bag rustles again, whisker sirens activate, and a second cat teleports in from the astral plane like, "I heard treats." Inventory notes are filed by sitting directly on your list, tail swishing like a highlighter.

At last, shelving concludes with paw-prints everywhere and one mysterious hair inside the cereal box. The supervisor flops in a sunbeam and invoices payment in head bonks and snack tax.

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Much like Forrest Gump's wise momma pointed out, life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get. And the same can be said for feline adoptions, as you have absolutely no clue where on the scale from cute and cuddly to demonic and delirious your newly adopted feline fur baby will be. Not just that but they are subject to change whenever they see fit so even if you, for a moment you think you have got their tricks down, you will likely be surprised.

And that is very much what one woman had to put up with when she brought home a feral acting feline who had no fear of mauling anyone he saw fit to. Luckily, with her undying support and belief that he was actually a good boy after all, a solution was found and now they live as a happy healthy, unscratched family. 
 

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Never has there been a more hilarious story of cat vs company. In this tale, a blender company is dragged willingly into the lives of three frenetic felines who decided that their blender boxes would make some of the very best boxes to sit in, stand on and generally rule over the home with. However, their pawrents only bought two blenders, meaning that war was inevitably going to breakout amongst the felines.

Which is when one of the pawrents decided to reach out to the blender company in the hopes of securing another box such that a conflict can be avoided and that blender box based peace can be restored to their household. The company miraculously replied and were into the idea. The only thing they missed was the opportunity to sell boxes of blenders that can be converted into cat trees and charge a heft fee for the feline themed add on.
 

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There's something remarkable about the unspoken bond between cat lovers. Even when we don't know each other's names, we share a kind of instant trust. If you've ever been in a small town convenience store parking lot, or even scrolling through an online community like ours, you've probably felt it - that quiet recognition that "you're one of us". And with that recognition comes responsibility. We step in for each other, hold a kitten while someone runs inside, share advice when a cat pawrent is worried, or simply cheer each other on when life (or the Cat Distribution System) delivers a new fluffy family member.

It's mutual trust built not on contracts, but on love for cats. We all know how fragile these moments can be - the first time a stray cat runs into your arms, the anxious joy of carrying home a new companion, the way a kitten clings when its human steps away. And because we've all been there, we don't hesitate to show up for each other.

Like this one wife who told the online feline family about her husband helping a stranger with a brand-new orange kitten, so the man could run into the store without worry. One cat lover trusted another with what had just become his whole heart. That's the magic of this community: cats may choose us, but we choose each other, too. And in those choices, every adoption story becomes a little brighter, a little safer, and a whole lot more loved.

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A new Furiday, with the smell of the weekend furresh in the air… it sets our cat-shaped souls on fire. Not literally, of course. But it does pawsitively pump us up and give us some meownspiration to finish the day with a pep in our step and a smile on our faces. We're here to get what work we can done, push whatever we can't to Meownday, and enjoy our Furiday treat: the funniest lol-worthy cat memes of the week from our feline family. Not only do they make us giggle, but they bring all of us nostalgic meme-lovers of the internet together to remember the good old days.

Sure, you can go to your Instagram feed and find hundreds, if not thousands, of meme pages, but these memes were made by the pioneers of the web. People who saw the rise and fall of our beloved Lolcats and their lolspeak, and who work tirelessly every day to keep it alive. If you're not doing it for yourself, do it fur them, the purrveyors of the internet trying to keep some semblance of the old web kicking. You can also do it because cat memes are the best, and not only are they cute and fluffy, but they're also hissterical. Whatever your reasoning, we pawsitively encourage you to stay for a while and enjoy some more of the silly kitties on our site. There's plenty of them to go around!

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In places where there are a lot of street cats, it is important for the residents to be informed of what to do when you encounter a kitten that is alone. There are many options, many things that you, an individual, can do. You start by looking for the mother. Oftentimes, when a kitten is "alone", it's not actually alone, and the mother is somewhere nearby, possibly hunting for food. If you can't find the mother for long enough, you can rescue the cat on your own - adopt the cat if you can and want to, and if not, then you look for a family for the cat or you bring it to a shelter. 

There is an endless number of options for what to do before you decide to stick a bunch of kittens in a sleeping bag and drown them. Endless. Impossible to list them all. And still, some people choose that option. We don't know how many of these people there are, how many of these stories we don't hear about, but those that we do, and specifically those that have a happy ending, with kind people intervening and stopping the worst from happening, those stories are ones that we think it is so important to write about. 

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